Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Weird, but true: a lot of images of space are amazing without stars in them.

Here's the Soul Nebula without stars. 57.3h from my driveway.

#astrophotography

if anyone wants to take over ownership of the domain "cypherpunk.social" i am gonna let it expire, would rather transfer it to a good home (for free)

PSA: Lilies are dangerously toxic to cats. Even one small sniff or nibble can cause kidney failure and death. Rapid vet intervention cannot reliably save their lives.

*Never* keep true lilies (lilium) in the house if you have cats.

Make sure your family and friends know too! There's no warning at the store about the danger of lilies, so they get around in the holidays.

#Caturday #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

#seattle! our second #tootup is jan 15th: 330pm at rachel’s ginger beer on 12th (@nova went to the pike place one 😂) mark your calendars!!!

#seattle! a few of us are already here at rachel’s!! eeeeee 🥳🥳

#seattle! today is the day for our toot up! let’s start at *rachel’s ginger beer on 12th at 330pm* because of weather!

based on favs & boosts it should be between 10 to 50 people (lol) SO EXCITE 🥳 i’ll be wearing a Maryland flag mask (it’s my home state!) see you soon?

@ojensen @adamshostack I am completely blown away by this.

mastodon tip for newbies: you can make your own posts on here, you dont have to just screenshot other peoples posts from twitter and tumblr

"Building a Virtual Machine inside ChatGPT"

This article is the most fun AI related content I have read all year.

https://www.engraved.blog/building-a-virtual-machine-inside/

What worries me a bit here is that in trying to preserve some of these systems, there'll probably be a lot of folks pushing tech designed to *prove* humanness to combat it. And politicos and regulators are less likely to hear that and think "guess they should use creative CAPTCHAs" and more likely to think "oh, people should upload passports", and that's gonna be a whole new shitshow

pivot to video